Biology:Bronze loquat

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Bronze loquat
Eriobotryadeflexa.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Eriobotrya
Species:
E. deflexa
Binomial name
Eriobotrya deflexa
(Hemsl.) Nakai
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Eriobotrya buisanensis (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto
  • Photinia buisanensis Hayata
  • Photinia deflexa Hemsl.

The bronze loquat (Eriobotrya deflexa) is a tree native to Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan (known indigenously as ritu or litu[3]), and South Vietnam.[2]

Its leaves are used in Taiwanese folk medicine as an expectorant.[4]

Coppertone loquat

The Coppertone loquat (Eriobotrya 'Coppertone') is a hybrid of Eriobotrya deflexa[5] and Indian hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica)[6] and is a popular shrub in the Southern United States and California .

References

  1. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Bronze loquat | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = }}
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flora of China
  3. Li, Paul Jen-kuei (July 2022). "Some notes on animals and plants for Proto-Austronesian speakers". Language and Linguistics. 語言暨語言學: 259. doi:10.1075/lali.18.2.04li. 
  4. The Illustrated Medicinal Plants of Taiwan. 4. Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc.. 1995. 
  5. [1] Ernest P. Bordier, 1978. United States Patent PP4,245
  6. "Eriobotrya x 'Coppertone' Loquat, Coppertone from Mortellaros". http://www.mortellaros.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=98. 

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